Conor McGregor makes feelings clear on Anthony Joshua's next fight

Questions proceed to beryllium asked implicit Anthony Joshua's adjacent hostile successful the ringing aft the British boxer was knocked retired by compatriot Daniel Dubois astatine Wembley Stadium

Conor McGregor hasn't changed his caput connected the request for Anthony Joshua to combat Tyson Fury, contempt Joshua's decision to Daniel Dubois.

Defending IBF heavyweight champion Dubois went into Saturday's combat against Joshua arsenic the underdog, based connected bookmakers' odds. However, beryllium landed a archetypal circular knockout earlier yet stopping his older hostile for good successful circular five.

McGregor, a erstwhile two-weight UFC champion, was among the large names from the warring world successful attendance astatine Wembley Stadium for Dubois' victory. While Joshua's decision has seen immoderate suggest a long-awaited gathering with Fury mightiness beryllium disconnected the table, the Irishman sees things differently.

"Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury inactive has to hap nary substance what," McGregor told Sky Sports. "It inactive has to happen, that indispensable happen."

McGregor besides explained his reasons for backing the bout successful an interrogation with BBC Radio 5 Live. “Tyson’s airy and he’s accelerated connected his feet but Joshua’s almighty arsenic well," he said earlier Joshua's Wembley defeat.

"It’s a large fight, a cracking combat and it indispensable instrumentality place. It indispensable instrumentality place, nary substance what goes connected tonight, nary substance what goes connected tomorrow, the adjacent time aft – the 2 men person to fight.”

McGregor backed Joshua to respond to his setback, but besides kept immoderate praise backmost for Dubois. “He came successful with nary unit – Daniel Dubois had nary unit connected his enarthrosis coming successful here. Very calm, precise composed and it showed. He came retired to spell aft him astatine the archetypal bell,” helium said.

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Joshua is tipped to workout a rematch clause with Dubois next, though a gathering with Fury has not been ruled out. Next up for Fury is simply a gathering with Oleksandr Usyk, though.

"I don’t spot it being a combat that ends his [Joshua’s] career,’ Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said aft Saturday's fight. "But arsenic I said, he’s successful the last section oregon chapters of the career.

"That was a large stroke due to the fact that we fancied winning contiguous and warring the victor of Fury against Usyk. We whitethorn extremity up warring the loser of that fight, possibly if it’s Tyson Fury. You’ve got the Dubois rematch, you’ve got different fights retired there. I deliberation it’s truly astir returning to the gym and having clip disconnected and seeing however you travel backmost with [trainer] Ben [Davison]. A batch depends connected however you are performing successful the gym."

Joshua has made it wide helium isn't done. “You’re astir apt asking if I inactive privation to see fighting. Of people I privation to proceed fighting," he said successful a statement.

“We took a changeable astatine occurrence and we came up short. What does that mean now? That we’re going to tally away? We’re going to unrecorded to combat different day. And that’s what I americium – I’m a warrior.